Improvement in stove-boards



"w'w' V UNITED STATES PATEETIIQEEIGE.

AUGUSTUS O. STOESSIGER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN STOVE-BOARDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 209,085, dated October15, 1878; a mlicat-ion filed September 21, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

.Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS (J. S'roEs- SIGER, of Chicago, in thecounty of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented anew and valuableImprovement in Stove-Boards; and I do hereby declare that the followingis afull, clear, and exact description of the construction and operationof the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a partof this specification, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a plan of mystove-board. Fig. 2 is a ver-' tical central sectional View of the same,and Fig. 3 is a sectional detail View.

My invention relates to a platform or sup port adapted to be placedunder stoves; and the novelty consists in the construction andarrangement of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth.

The platform proper is made in annular sections, with radial joints, andit is provided with an open center and studs to receive a dome, whichdome is, when in position, directly under the stove. The upper surfaceof the platform is of crystallized tin, and it is suitably ornamented.This tin-ornamented surface is secured to a wood or sheet-iron base, andnonconducting material may be placed between, if desired. IV hen thebase is of wood the tin is made to embrace the periphery and clasp aportion of the under outer edge, and is corrugated.

A clasp for the radial joints of the annular sections is formed of onestrip of metal, each edge bent lengthwise inwardly upon itself to formthe lower plate, andthen outwardly to form the upper surface. This claspsecures the sections together, and the inner end of each is turned up toform a lug, against which the dome abuts.

Referrin g to the drawing, A represents the upper surface of theplatform, made of crystallized tin, ornamented to suit, in sections a,with radial joints; and B, the base, of wood or metal, to which it issecured.

G represents the clasp, so formed as to present a bottom plate, 0, andan upper duplex plate, 0. This clasp is radially arranged, and itsecures the sections together. The inner ends are turned up at G, toform lugs or stops for the dome D, which may be of a separate piece,removable to allow dust, &c., to be cleaned .from under it; or it maybe'secured to the platform.

I ornament the upper side, and over such ornamentation I paint withshellac, Japan, or other fire-proof varnish, and then bake it. Thisprotects the ornamentation and gives a good finish.

' What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The ornamental stove support described, consisting of the platform A,made in sections a, with radial joints, secured to the base B, clasp O,of one piece of metal, bent as described, to form the plates 0 c andlugs. O, and the dome D, constructed, adapted, arranged, and operatingas set forth, for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

AUGUSTUS U. STOESSIGER.

Witnesses:

H. D'OMBRUHL, Anoos'r STOESSIGER.

